So if you haven't heard, the day drunk, Fox "news" flunkie who Drumpf put in charge of this nation's military, a guy who in his confirmation hearing had to promise to quit drinking on the job in order to get the position, called ALL of America's military commanders of the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines together for an urgent gathering in Washington, D.C.
And what was the all important occasion that these actual leaders of men and women in uniform had to be dragged away from wherever they were stationed in the world and their mission critical jobs to our nation's capitol on such short notice? Well, we know now that it sure as hell wasn't for any type of imminent military readiness situation related to the threatening activities of any of America's known foreign enemies.
No - Pistol Pete Hegseth called this meeting of America's top military brass to the US capitol to berate them for being fat and lazy, and to allow Donald Trump to take the stage before this captive audience of distinguished military leaders and literally give them a MAGA pep rally speech that was so incoherent, so dishonest, and so unhinged that it unquestionably showcased Drumpf's rapidly deteriorating mental state.
At the conclusion of Drumpf's disturbing speech to these military brass, same as it was with his stage entrance to this same group, there was dead silence from the audience of military leaders. Not a single cheer or round of applause. Drumpf actually had to beg them to applaud him and they still were silent.
Good. That is the way it is supposed to be. Our men and women in uniform swear an oath of allegiance to the US Constitution and the democracy it protects. They do not swear oaths of loyalty to a sitting president. They do not swear oaths of loyalty to a single man. They do not swear oaths of loyalty to any political party or political movements. And so these generals and admirals did not cheer or applaud at the conclusion of Drumpf's nakedly partisan and dishonorable speech because that is how they show their respect for our constitution and our democracy.
"According to a former general who spoke with former colleagues at the gathering in Quantico, Virginia, where Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the military leadership of the U.S., the president was knocked off his stride by the cool response he received.
Appearing on MSNBC, retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, now a military analyst for the network, claimed Trump is used to adoring crowds — and the stoic response from the military professionals “rattled” him.
After labeling Trump’s speech as “meandering,“ he told the “Morning Joe” hosts, “He gave so many things to talk about from that speech. But the ‘war from within,’ as you just mentioned, and putting soldiers on American streets to train how to react to different enemies from within were two of the highlights that I wrote down, and it was just a combination of two things that I believe were leading to what we might see next.”"
I guarantee you that most of these generals and admirals were rightly horrified that Drumpf and Hegseth both stipulated that these military leaders may be called upon to order their troops to open fire on American citizens some day (the "war from within" part) at the direct order of Donald Trump.
I mean, why not, right? Drumpf and Hegseth have both committed humans rights atrocities with their missile attacks on unarmed Venezuelan boats in international waters that have killed upwards of 20 people so far, so they might as well go all the way and turn their banana republic military loose on the American people too when the time comes for Drumpf to declare martial law.
Because that is where all of this is leading to as former general Mark Hertling is quoted saying in the Raw Story article above. It is leading America to despotism.
---TFG
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